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RedHill Biopharma Announces YELIVA® (ABC294640) Abstract Presentation at the 2017 Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation Annual Conference

TEL-AVIV, Israel, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (NASDAQ:RDHL) (TASE:RDHL) (“RedHill” or the “Company”), a specialty biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development and commercialization of late clinical-stage, proprietary, orally-administered, small molecule drugs for gastrointestinal and inflammatory diseases and cancer, today announced the presentation of an abstract relating to YELIVA®, the Company’s proprietary, [...]

Six out of 10 Cancer Patients Drink During Treatment: Study

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Six out of 10 cancer patients with experience of drinking still consume alcohol during treatment, a study showed Thursday. According to the study conducted by Koh Hyun-young of Samsung Medical Center, 546 out of 906 people, or 60.3 percent, said that they have drank alcohol after being diagnosed with [...]

Grilling Ham, Sausages Increases Carcinogen Content

GIMHAE, South Korea, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – You might want to reconsider your options the next time you barbeque ham and sausages. A recent study by an environmental engineering team at Inje University revealed that cooking processed meat like ham and sausages directly on an open flame (i.e. charcoal fire) can dramatically increase the [...]

Cancer Survival Rate Rises in 2014: Data

SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The survival rate of South Korean cancer patients topped 70 percent in 2014 and the total number of people newly diagnosed and being treated for the disease dropped over the past three years, government data showed Tuesday. The rate of people diagnosed with cancer who lived more than five [...]

Thyroid Cancer Treatment Drops After Over-Diagnosis Criticism

SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of Koreans treated for thyroid cancer soared in the 2000s, increasing by an annual average rate of 23.7 percent from 1999 to 2011. In 2011, 44,234 patients underwent thyroid cancer surgery, that is about 81 people in every 100,000 – a rate that is more than ten [...]

Korean Hospital Diagnoses Cancer Patient Using Artificial Intelligence

SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – After weeks of hopes and doubts, Gachon University’s Gil Hospital finally launched its AI-based super computer Watson for Oncology on Monday, and marked Korea’s first diagnosis of a cancer patient by a non-human expert. Watson, developed by IBM, sweeps through data of 290 medical journals, 200 medical text books, [...]

Scientists Develop Nano-Robots Designed to Destroy Cancer Cells

SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of South Korean scientists has developed a nano-robot capable of effectively seeking out and destroying cancer cells, the science ministry said Tuesday. The team led by Park Jae-hyung of Sungkyunkwan University developed the nanobot that uses photodynamic therapy to effectively kill cancer cells while inflicting minimal damage [...]

Korea’s First Medical Implementation of AI Comes to a Temporary Halt

SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Gachon University Gil Hospital gained widespread media attention when it announced last month that it would introduce IBM’s Watson for Oncology, an AI-based super computer, for cancer diagnosis and treatment. The system was due to launch mid-October amid high industry expectations, until news broke out early Friday morning that [...]

Angelina Effect? Prophylactic Mastectomies Up Fivefold in Three Years

SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean women may be following in the footsteps of Angelina Jolie. The annual number of prophylactic mastectomies in Korea is now five times higher than it was three years ago. Although the root causes of the onset of breast cancer are still uncertain, about five to 10 percent of [...]

Gov’t Releases Comprehensive Measures to Fight Cancer

SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea rolled out a package of measures Monday to effectively treat and prevent cancer, the leading cause of death in the country, by providing free checkups to heavy smokers and other financial aid to cancer patients in low income brackets, the health ministry said. The comprehensive plan for [...]